He didn’t speak to me anymore. There was no teasing, no false accusations about how I was lying to myself, nothing but silence from him which I liked by the way. Yes, I prefer that to him trying to make me doubt myself and my feelings. I don’t want any reminders that we have shared more than one kiss behind Siobhan’s back or that I met him first at the beach. It doesn’t matter anyway.We went for Prep to read. Since I had to stand to maintain order in the hall he had no other choice but to stand with me. We patrolled the hall together and when I had to sit down eventually we did it all together. It was all fine and good until it was time to go to bed.It started with Aaron and Siobhan coming to say goodnight. Andre and I were in front of my apartment trying to decide where we would sleep."You guys better be on your best behavior tonight," Janet teased as she opened her door.Adeline snorted. "With Bianca ogling him like that I don't see that happening." She's probably still pissed th
“What?”His suggestion caught me off guard that for a second I didn’t realize that it was in fact a valid suggestion.Andre turned a questioning gaze at me and realized that I misunderstood his suggestion. He snorted.“I am not trying to get you naked for sex, Bianca, so relax. If I wanted to do that I would have set up a romantic dinner date and seduced you like a gentleman.”My laughter bubbled out of me. I laughed so hard that I started to snort.“What’s so funny?” He queried.“You duh! You would set up a romantic dinner date without being crude about it? So what's your pick-up line? Wanna see my lines?”His face turned red with embarrassment and he laughed. “Oh my God, I will never live this one down!”“Never! I can’t believe you said that to me," I started to smile.“Well, what else was I supposed to say? You were mad at me for fixing your bikini and I was enjoying our banter.”It felt good to laugh with him especially before he moved over and our dislike for each other surfaced…
The next morning, since neither of us could have our baths we just brushed our teeth and faces and dabbed some perfume to cover our stink. I can’t say that made it any better since I wasn’t too comfortable about not having my bath but it had to suffice. Once the assembly was done for the day, which was a thankfully short assembly since there was nothing to announce, we went to the laboratory where Mr. Holden was waiting for the both of us. He had a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.“Good morning, Mr. Holden,” we greeted simultaneously.“Good morning, I see you both haven’t torn each other apart yet. That’s a good sign but you both stink so let’s get this off shall we?” he reached into his pocket and brought out the key to the handcuff and unlocked it. As soon as the weight fell off my wrist I rubbed at the sore skin.Mr. Holden was still looking at Andre and me strangely. “So how were you able to keep your claws retracted?”I shrugged. “We came to an agreement,” I said remembering the
“So no more cuffs on you guys?” was Siobhan’s first question as soon as we made it to class.“Looks like it. We were both on our good behaviors.” I sought out Aaron and found him by the class lockers. He caught my gaze and wagged his brows. It was a flirty gesture but something was lacking. I went to his seat and he came to join me. He sat on the desk. “I was on my best behavior apparently.”He smiled. “I can see that.” That was all he said. There was something off about his response but I didn’t push, I didn’t want to.Andre headed to his seat where he pulled our chairs and desks apart. I watched him work, and Siobhan hung around him talking to him. I could see the anger tension in his back and shoulders but he had the good grace not to let Siobhan notice. I turned in Aaron’s seat to check for Carla. There she was in her seat a huge frown on her face. Good thing, Becca who was talking to her didn’t notice but I could see the rage and some other emotion in her gaze as she watched Andr
“Let’s go to your apartment. We haven’t had girl talks as we used to.”We talked together away from the field. On the basketball court, the boys were done with their practice and were packing up too. Siobhan looked over at the court as we walked away, her green eyes searching for someone among the players. I followed her gaze. They were gathered around Coach listening to what he had to say about their performance.“I’m tired.”I glanced back at Siobhan. She was looking straight ahead now. We were almost at the quarters. She rested her head on my arm.“Yeah me too. Everyday training might just be taking its toll on me. But it’s going to be worth it in the end…”“Don’t be so clueless, Bianca, I’m not talking about the training but I do agree with you, it is taking its toll on my ankles but it’s just 3 days until the game now and I can manage till then.” She looked up at me as we walked into the quarters and went straight to my apartment. We went to the kitchen for some juice and stood s
I didn’t know I would have doubts about Aaron again until Siobhan’s words. I tried not to let them affect me and was only successful to an extent. I couldn’t drive out the thoughts planted by Siobhan’s doubts many of which came from my own insecurities. I’ve been second to Siobhan for way too long that being the second option became the new normal for me. Never has a guy seen me then her and gone for me. Now, why should Aaron?They had a fling once after all, right? And if I recall, when Aaron’s dad threw an after-party after his Oscar win one time ago, Siobhan was invited. If she hadn’t invited me to come along I wouldn’t have gotten any invites, who would invite the daughter of a nobody after all? But we ended up not going because her mom thought we were too young for a night of wild drinking and dancing with older people who might take advantage of us – but that’s beside the point. The point here is, Aaron told me when we initially resumed that he always liked me and thought he nev
“Do I want to know what you and Aaron were talking about?”Siobhan was adjusting the band of her cheer shorts. She leaned down to look into my face, a mischievous grin on her face. I feigned a frown.“Nope, you do not want to know.”She put her arms akimbo. “Why not? Since when did we start hiding things from each other, Bianca Davis? I thought we were best friends?”“We still are, stop being so dramatic.”“Well?”I eyed her suspiciously. “Why is it so important to you?” She pulled a face and I regretted being so harsh on her. “It’s between Aaron and me. I did what you said, I had a talk with him. I wasn’t so sure about it at first but I gave in eventually. We haven’t concluded our conversation so…I guess we’ll know later this evening.”I rose from where I was stashing my normal school shoes into my bag. Siobhan suddenly grabbed my face between her hands. “See, Bibi, I love you, I hope you know that. I want the best for you. Whatever happens, I’m always here for you. If things don’t g
I put Eva in Siobhan and Becca’s care and straightened to my feet. My heart was beating heavily at the possibility that there was an intruder in the seniors’ hostel but I put on a brave face for the sake of my fellow students.Siobhan had tears brimming in her eyes but when I handed Eva to her she saw my fear and the courage I tried to hide it with and she blinked the tears from her eyes. She nodded at me.I turned to Aaron. “Let’s report this to Mr. Jorge. The rest of you please stay together in one room if possible and make sure no one leaves for any reason. Or you could all stay here for safety's sake, we’ll be back. Please, everyone, refrain from screaming, let’s be as calm as possible.”They obeyed. The boys stood guard to protect the girls. Aaron and I quickly left the quarters and made our way as fast as we could to the main school area. As we passed I noticed that the other students' hostels were undisturbed which means whoever intruded in our quarters definitely skipped our j